Also called a network interface card (NIC), a network adapter is a plug-in card that enables a computer to transmit and receive data on a local network. Today, the term refers to an Ethernet adapter, although in the past, Token Ring, LocalTalk and FDDI networks were used.
Hypernyms (dependability is a kind of...): responsibility; responsibleness (a form of trustworthiness; the trait of being answerable to someone for something or being responsible for one's conduct) Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of dependability): solidity; solidness (the quality of being solid and reliable financially or factually or morally) infallibility (the quality of never making an error) duplicability; reproducibility (the quality of being reproducible)
Quality control â concerning acceptability as well as functionalism of implemented measures â. provides the possibility for readjustment, improvement and reaction. Figure 1 gives an overview on the dependencies of policy formulation and implementation and. emphasises the definition of this key topic. Figure 2 exemplifies a planning process â from. policy formulation to implementation â with a parallel communication and participation. process.